Ashley Thraxton-Duell

Experience

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  Forge Makers Ltd.

  Jun 2015 - Dec 2015

  Web Designer

  During university, I did voluntary work as a website developer for a small startup company, creating the visual aspects of the website using HTML and CSS, as well as creating graphics in Photoshop.

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  Chequers Tavern

  Jul 2016 - Dec 2017

  Bartender

  After university I worked as front of house staff in a busy, central London pub. My roles included basic food preparation, table waiting, serving drinks and mixing cocktails.

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  The Espresso Room

  Mar 2018 - Jun 2019

  Responsible for cash handling, ordering and managing stock including takeout disposables and milk, liaising between shops and departments, ensuring proper opening and closing of the shop at multiple locations, settling staff disputes, maintaining adequate food safety precautions (abiding Magenta's standards) and food storage, training new staff, offering general support to the manager, and ensuring colleagues offer a high quality of service to customers. I worked as front of house staff and developed my skills as a barista working with specialty coffee. I worked at multiple sites using a variety of La Marzocco espresso machines, and used different methods to make filtered coffee.

  • Assistant Manager

    Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Front of House/Barista

    Mar 2018 - Oct 2018
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  TechnicWeb

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Content Inserter

  Between full-time work, I worked from home using TechnicWeb's online web editor to create website layouts for property letting and sales agencies.

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  Crol & Co

  Jun 2019 - Dec 2019

  Head of Coffee & Supervisor

  Working in an independent coffee shop I was responsible for guiding coffee-based decisions throughout the company, training baristas, writing the bi-monthly newsletter, and front of house duties. I ensured other staff members maintained company quality standards, including food storage, preparation and presentation, coffee preparation and presentation, and espresso machine maintenance.

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  TroySoft

  Feb 2020 - Apr 2020

  Administrative Assistant

  Upkeeping of records and accounts, paper and digital.Paid invoices and updated company records via Sage software.

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  Eurofins

  Mar 2020 - Mar 2020

  Microbiology Laboratory Technician

  Processed water samples, testing for the presence of Legionella spp. and other harmful bacteria using water filtration techniques, and plating for TVC.

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  Eurofins Biomnis

  May 2020 - Jul 2020

  Medical Laboratory Assistant

  Worked as part of a temporary medical laboratory team that was handling Covid-19 samples as part of the Government's mass-testing response to the COVID-19 outbreak.Streamlined working environment in the processing of thousands of COVID samples daily.Presented feedback to project management on an ongoing basis and worked in a close-knit team.

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  Eurofins Food & Water Testing UK & IE

  Jul 2020 - Aug 2022

  Responsible for maintaining quality throughout a busy water hygiene testing laboratory in line with internal quality documentation and within the scope of ISO 17025. Responsibilities include:- Internal equipment monitoring, profiling, maintenance, and calibrations;- Monitoring the performance of analytical QCs;- Coordinating internal proficiency testing;- Conducting internal audits;- Excel database maintenance;- Raising non-conformances and conducting investigations to resolve issues relating to the quality system;- Monitoring staff competency and conformance to SOPs and methods;- Communicating quality issues with lab management on an ongoing basis. Show less Chosen as one of the first staff members to transition to the new laboratory in Feltham, I maintained the same high quality of work throughout fluctuating levels of staff and workload, whilst simultaneously working with lab management to overcome issues arising from transferring to a newly developed eLIMS. Enumerated and confirmed a wide range of bacteria over a large volume of tests, entering thousands of test results daily into both paper and digital records.Trained Lab Technicians in the confirmation and enumeration of different target analytes in line with internal methods and SOPs. Show less Microbiological analysis of water samples: ground and surface waters, recreational, and drinking waters. The lab processes an average of 1,700 samples daily, with tests performed following strict SOPs and under UKAS accreditation (ISO/IEC 17025:2017). - Works in a high pressure team environment, processing 100+ samples per hour. - Optimises workflow by guiding colleagues in procedure steps, increasing team productivity. - Main duties include the processing of water samples, reading the results, data entry into LIMS, maintenance of the lab, performing daily processing controls and weekly internal quality controls, environmental monitoring, and equipment monitoring. - Processing: Membrane filtration, IDEXX Quanti-Tray procedure, media preparation, serial dilutions, aseptic technique, centrifugation, TVC, enumeration and confirmation of bacteria and mould. - Confirmation: E. coli, Enterococci, sulphite-reducing Clostridia, Clostridium perfringens, Pseudomonas species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus species, yeast, mould, and Legionella species. Show less

  • Quality Coordinator

    Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Senior Microbiology Laboratory Technician

    Jul 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Microbiology Laboratory Technician

    Jul 2020 - Jul 2021
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  CEMAS

  Sept 2022 - Sept 2024

  Junior Quality Assurance Officer

  - Conducts GLP audits, ensuring strict adherance to internal SOPs and local/international guidelines and regulations, including study documentation, data, and in-lab analysis.- Oversees Computerised Systems Validation documentation (plans, reports, URSs etc.)- Reviews deviations, CAPAs and Change Controls, ensuring they are followed up and resolved.- Meticulous record keeping to allow for trending, KPIs, and control of quality processes.- Project management via JIRA.

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  The Pirbright Institute

  Oct 2024 - now

  LIMS & Quality Assistant